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Chaos Induced by Quantization

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1 chao-dyn Condensed Matter Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

In this paper, we show that two-dimensional billiards with point interactions inside exhibit a chaotic nature in the microscopic world, although their classical counterpart is non-chaotic. After deriving the transition matrix of the system by using the self-adjoint extension theory of functional analysis, we deduce the general condition for the appearance of chaos. The prediction is confirmed by numerically examining the statistical properties of energy spectrum of rectangular billiards with multiple point interactions inside. The dependence of the level statistics on the strength as well as the number of the scatterers is displayed. KEYWORDS: wave chaos, quantum mechanics, pseudointegrable billiard, point interaction, functional analysis

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9802008,
  title  = {Chaos Induced by Quantization},
  author = {Takaomi Shigehara and Hiroshi Mizoguchi and Taketoshi Mishima and Taksu Cheon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9802008},
  year   = {2007}
}

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